The historical legacy of spatial scales in freeze-thaw weathering: Misrepresentation and resulting misdirection

Geomorphology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 83-90

  Hall, Kevin ^a   Thorn, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Freeze thaw; Macrog livation; Microg livation; Process product scales; Weathering

Indexed keywords

COLD REGION; DEBRIS FLOW; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; WEATHERING;

EID: 79955752615     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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